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ARETHOUSA (Ancient city) SYRIA
Arethusa (Arethousa: Eth. Arethousios, Arethusius, Plin. v. 23), a
city of Syria, not far from Apamea, situated between Epiphania and Emesa. (Anton.
Itin.; Hierocles.) Seleucus Nicator, in pursuance of his usual policy, Hellenized
the name. (Appian, Syr. 57.) It supported Caecilius Bassus in his revolt (Strab.
p. 753), and is mentioned by Zosimus (i. 52) as receiving Aurelian in his campaign
against Zenobia. (For Marcus, the well-known bishop of Arethusa, see Dict. of
Biog. s. v.) It afterwards took the name of Rastan (Abulf. Tab. Syr. p. 22), under
which name it is mentioned by the same author (An. Mus. ii. 213, iv. 429). Irby
and Mangles visited this place, and found some remains.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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